BILL REQ. #:  H-2283.1 

Read first time 04/18/13.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

     AN ACT Relating to delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program until funding and payment of benefits are authorized in law; and amending RCW 49.86.030 and 49.86.210.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 49.86.030 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 25 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((Beginning October 1, 2015)) When the legislature has specifically appropriated funding and enacted an implementation date for benefits, then beginning on that specified date, family leave insurance benefits are payable to an individual during a period in which the individual is unable to perform his or her regular or customary work because he or she is on family leave if the individual:
     (1) Files a claim for benefits in each week in which the individual is on family leave, and as required by rules adopted by the director;
     (2) Has been employed for at least six hundred eighty hours in employment during the individual's qualifying year;
     (3) Establishes an application year. An application year may not be established if the qualifying year includes hours worked before establishment of a previous application year;
     (4) Consents to the disclosure of information or records deemed private and confidential under chapter 50.13 RCW. Initial disclosure of this information and these records by the employment security department to the department is solely for purposes related to the administration of this chapter. Further disclosure of this information or these records is subject to RCW 49.86.020(3);
     (5) Discloses whether or not he or she owes child support obligations as defined in RCW 50.40.050; and
     (6) Documents that he or she has provided the employer from whom family leave is to be taken with written notice of the individual's intention to take family leave in the same manner as an employee is required to provide notice in RCW 49.78.250.

Sec. 2   RCW 49.86.210 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 25 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Beginning ((September 1, 2016)) one year after the implementation date specified by the legislature pursuant to RCW 49.86.030, and annually thereafter, the department shall report to the legislature ((by September 1st of each year)) on projected and actual program participation, premium rates, fund balances, and outreach efforts.